The crusades were a major event during the middle ages. The crusades were military expeditions fought to get the Holy Land back from the Muslims. Since the Turks had conquered Jerusalem, it was hard for Christians to make pilgrimages to Jerusalem. A pilgrimage is a journey taken for a religious purpose.
The meeting in which the idea for the crusades came about was called the Council of Clermont. As a result of the crusades, Pope Urban II hoped for an increase in the power of the church. He had also hoped for a stop in feudal warfare as well as the joining of churches together. Pope Urban II also guaranteed knights eternal salvation if they died in battle.
There were 3 crusades to the Holy Land. The first crusade lasted from the year 1096 until about 1099. This crusade was a success for about 80 years. The second crusade lasted from about 1147 until 1149. This crusade failed to regain the Holy Land because of Saladin, the intelligent leader of the Turks, who defeated the......
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